CHANGES IN LAND QUALITY ACCOMPANYING URBANIZATION IN UNITED-STATES FAST-GROWTH COUNTIES

Citation
Re. Heimlich et Ks. Krupa, CHANGES IN LAND QUALITY ACCOMPANYING URBANIZATION IN UNITED-STATES FAST-GROWTH COUNTIES, Journal of soil and water conservation, 49(4), 1994, pp. 367-374
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources",Ecology,"Agriculture Soil Science
ISSN journal
00224561
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
367 - 374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4561(1994)49:4<367:CILQAU>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Changes in the quality of the cropland base due to urban growth in 135 1970s and 115 1980s fast-growth counties were investigated using pair ed-point aerial photography and the 1987 National Resources Inventory. Land quality was assessed using the USDA prime farmland definition, L CC I-III, and potential gross revenue per cropped acre. The empirical evidence did not support conventional wisdom regarding concentration a nd urbanization of better quality land in urbanizing areas. Evidence o n net changes in cropland quality was mixed: quality declined using th e prime land and LCC I-III measures, but potential gross revenue per a cre increased.